Chronological

John the Baptist Begins His Ministry

3 Now in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the Judean wilderness ² and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!” ³ For this is the one who was spoken about by the prophet Isaiah, saying,

⁴ Now John himself had his clothing made from camel’s hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan were going out to him, ⁶ and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they^[b] confessed their sins.

⁷ But when he^[c] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! ⁹ And do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones! ¹⁰ Already now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I am, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ¹² His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

The Baptism of Jesus

¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John in order to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ But John tried to prevent^[d] him, saying, “I need^[e] to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” ¹⁵ But Jesus answered and^[f] said to him, “Permit it now, for in this way it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he permitted him. ¹⁶ Now after he^[g] was baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water, and behold, the heavens opened^[h] and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove coming^[i] upon him. ¹⁷ And behold, there was^[j] a voice from heaven saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

John the Baptist Begins His Ministry

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ.^{[a] 2} Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah,

⁴ John was there baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming^[c] a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And all the Judean region and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. ⁶ And John was dressed in camel’s hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he was preaching, saying, “One who is more powerful than I is coming after me, of whom I am not worthy to bend down and^[d] untie the strap of his sandals. ⁸ I baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

The Baptism of Jesus

⁹ And it happened that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. ¹⁰ And immediately as he^[e] was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being split apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. ¹¹ And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

The Temptation of Jesus

¹² And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. ¹³ And he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

Public Ministry in Galilee

¹⁴ And after^[f] John had been taken into custody,^[g] Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God ¹⁵ and saying, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

¹⁶ And as he^[h] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net^[i] into the sea (for they were fishermen). ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “Follow^[j] me and I will make you become fishers of people.” ¹⁸ And immediately they left their nets and^[k] followed him. ¹⁹ And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, and they were in the boat mending the nets. ²⁰ And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and^[l] went away after him. ²¹ And they went into Capernaum and immediately on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue.^[m]

A Man with an Unclean Spirit Healed

²² And they were amazed at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes. ²³ And so then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ²⁴ saying, “Leave us alone,^[n] Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” ²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” ²⁶ And after^[o] convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him. ²⁷ And they were all amazed, so that they began to discuss with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.” ²⁸ And the report about him then went out everywhere in the whole surrounding region of Galilee.

Many at Capernaum Are Healed

²⁹ And so then he departed from the synagogue and^[p] came into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. ³⁰ Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down, suffering with a fever, and at once they told him about her. ³¹ And he came and^[q] raised her up by^[r] taking hold of her^[s] hand, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

³² Now when it^[t] was evening, when the sun had set, they began bringing^[u] to him all those who were sick^[v] and those who were demon-possessed. ³³ And the whole town was gathered together at the door. ³⁴ And he healed many who were sick^[w] with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Preaching Throughout Galilee

³⁵ And getting up early in the morning while it was very dark, he departed and went to a deserted place, and there he was praying. ³⁶ And Simon and those who were with him searched diligently for him. ³⁷ And they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you!” ³⁸ And he said to them, “Let us go elsewhere, into the neighboring rural towns, so that I can preach there also, because I have come out for this very reason.” ³⁹ And he went into all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.

A Leper Cleansed

⁴⁰ And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying^[x] to him, “If you are willing, you are able to make me clean.” ⁴¹ And becoming angry,^[y] he stretched out his hand and^[z] touched him^[aa], and said to him, “I am willing; be made clean.” ⁴² And immediately the leprosy went away from him and he was made clean. ⁴³ And warning him sternly, he sent him away at once. ⁴⁴ And he said to him, “See to it that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and bring for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. ⁴⁵ But he went out and^[ab] began to proclaim it^[ac] freely and to spread abroad the account, so that he was no longer able to enter publicly into a town. But he was staying outside in deserted places, and they were coming to him from all directions.

John the Baptist Begins His Ministry

3 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,^[a] when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, ² in the time of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. ³ And he went into all the surrounding region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, ⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,

⁷ Therefore he was saying to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones! ⁹ And even now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

¹⁰ And the crowds were asking him, saying, “What then should we do?” ¹¹ And he answered and^[d] said to them, “The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have one,^[e] and the one who has food must do likewise.” ¹² And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?” ¹³ And he said to them, “Collect no more than what you are ordered to.”^{[f] 14} And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, “What should we also do?” And he said to them, “Extort from no one, and do not blackmail anyone,^[g] and be content with your pay.”

¹⁵ And while^[h] the people were waiting expectantly and all were pondering in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he might be the Christ,^{[i] 16} John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but the one who is more powerful than I am is coming, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ¹⁷ His winnowing shovel is in his hand, to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

¹⁸ So with many other exhortations also he proclaimed good news to the people. ¹⁹ But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother’s wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done, ²⁰ added this also to them all: he also locked up John in prison.

The Baptism of Jesus

²¹ Now it happened that when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while he^[j] was praying, heaven was opened, ²² and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

²³ And Jesus, when he^[k] began his ministry,^[l] was himself about thirty years old, being the son (as it was believed) of Joseph the son of Eli, ²⁴ the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, ²⁵ the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, ²⁶ the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, ²⁷ the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, ²⁸ the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, ²⁹ the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, ³⁰ the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, ³¹ the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, ³² the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, ³³ the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, ³⁴ the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, ³⁵ the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,^{[m] 36} the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, ³⁷ the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, ³⁸ the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.